BEST $400 Budget Gaming PC Build in 2023! - XEONS FOR THE WIN

My system is just abit weaker than this lol it cost like less than 200$

Can the X99-P4 and 2650 V4 run normal DDR4?

what is the best gpu i can pair with xeon 2133 that will not have a bottleneck problem . can it support ray tracing?

Is E5 2699 best for gaming ❤

I’m new to gaming pc. And I have a budget of 400 dollars. And I would like to run rust on high settings and other fps games. Please reply if you have suggestion.

Hi, I have a Z440, Xeon E5 1620 v3, 32GB ram DDR4 1064MHz, 1TB+256SSD, Hewlett-Packard 212B motherboard. I want to upgrade the case to a budget lighted one with pre-installed fans and purchase a suitable GPU for gaming . which do you recommend? should i replace the ram? can it run shooting games smooth?

I have exactly the same configuration, Z440 but with e5-1650 v3 24GB ram and Rx 580, but in my opinion you could reduce the cost of this monster by using the original case with some LEDs for the effects, there is no point to build a budget system and use a seperate case and fan, at best that budget can be used to put a better graphics card.

Does there need to be a fan plugged into CPU0? There's a 6 pin fan header there. Buyers would be SOL without an adapter. Or can they just plus into rear fan and be fine?

I made a very similar configuration, but at boot i'm stuck with the Intel boot agent... There is no way I can acces the BIOS, but sometimes after pressing a bunch of keys windows starts normally, and then works fine... how can I fix this? I try all the solutions that I found on the web, but nothing works...

the one side of xeons for gaming which quite a few don't consider is the power consumption, sure the xeon might be cheap to buy and build a rig, but long term...longthy gaming sessions may potentially impact the electricity bill. I'm a Xeon owner also, but my xeon rig is for my office/work machine. I have a xeon e5-2650 v2 w/16gb ddr3-1333 ecc in quad channel. Running Linux Mint 20.3, my video out is just a palit geforce 8600gt 1GB. Built that rig in Oct of 2021. Snce it's a low workload oriented use, my electircity build hasn't been severely impacted even tho I use maybe 2 hours a day. If I were gaming tho..I'd likely look at e5 v3 or e5 v4 xeons and not the e5 v2, since the v2 xeons lack the avx2 instructions. But are okay for office/work machines.

I ended up buying the ZALMAN CNPS 10X PERFORMA EXTREME and none of the standoffs fit the holes on the LGA2011v3 hpz440s socket. The double ended thumb screws threads are too small for the socket.

I just want to know if i can stream with this computer ? I dont really playing game, moŕe streaming ps5 on pc ou drawing on twitch with a tablet

Was there any modification required to mount this cpu cooler or extra parts? This is the exact build I just ordered. 1650v4, z440 mobo, 4x2gb and 4x8gb, 1tb ssd, wifi blutooth card 1x, xFx 580 GTS, 750w corsair, White Montech air 903 max.

The E5-1660V4 is 8 cores, 3.8GHZ on all cores for $35 on ebay. There is no reason to buy the E5-1650V4.

you probably are GPU bottleneck with this setup, me running a xeon e3 1231 v3 along a gtx 1080, great budget combo, after years and years the rig keep up with all the modern titles ad good fps and hi setting, cyberpunk, red dead 2, starfield and all the latest cod

okay, 32gigs of ram is just for future proofing, 16gb is more than enough for this system

Good luck trying to get any of this in New Zealand any more, I don't know what happened to TradeMe!

Wow man i watched a video long ago from you about a x5687 several years ago and am glad at how well you have grown this production is really good.

Nice Low budget build out there, i was only missing the exact type & speed of RAM u would of got with that.

Ive recently bought & upgraded a HP Z440.

The person who sold it used it for AutoCAD and other graphical designing software etc.
ive found it on a local sort of EBAY in europe.

The offer had included for € 250:

700W PSU
Top Case fan, Bottom case fan (GPU) Memory cooling. (yes its included but not even needed for the amount of RAM Modules it holded)
CPU: E5 - 1620 V4 4C 8T 3,5-3,8 GHZ
RAM: 2 x 8 GB RAM 2400Mhz (PC4-19200)
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8GB OC (Insane included)
SSD: 256GB Turbo drive

I slightly upgraded it to:

700W PSU
Top Case fan, Bottom case fan (GPU) Memory cooling.
CPU: E5 - 2687W V4 12C 24T 3,0Ghz - 3,5Ghz
RAM: 6 x 16 GB RAM 2400Mhz (PC4-19200)
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 AERO 8GB OC
SSD: 256GB Turbo drive + 2 x 1TB SSD Crucial MX500

i found the E5 - 2687W V4 local for : €60 ish (around 70$)
The RAM was cheap on ebay indeed: in sets 2x 16GB around 25€ so total around 75€ (around 85$)
THE 2 SSD's came together for as low as €75.

Its a not that low budget anymore but around 400-500 € i was really happy with the end result and performance! I have chosen the 2687W v4 over the 1650 V4 because i also use alot of the Adobe Programs and render alot of footage, so i needed a bit of a hybrid built combined with goodish single core & multi core performance.

Hey can you reccomend me another motherboard for this build (micro form factor)
I searched many places all i found was lenovo p410 but on lenovo datasheet it says it only supports up to some quadro gpus

Just picked up a cheap z440 workstation minus HD off the bay' , thanks for the inspiration and great content !

I like to build a pc with this cpu because i am on a ultra budget i live in asia and that motherboard you show in this video is not avilable in here. on ebay its very much to shipping cost. can i use chinese x99 motherboard ? I can find ones cheap in aliexpress


Sorry for bad english

hi all hope you all well iam a hugh fan of anybody thats supports xeon always have and alway will legend keep supporting them my friend

Z440 gaming PCs are great. I bought a board for 30, 2630v3 for 5, 1660 for 100 anAll in all I am in for like 140 just reusing the old case ram and psu. I can comfortably game at 1440p and it’s a great workstation when I need it for that

Does anyone know if the zalman watttera EBTII 1000w is good ? Thanks

How did you connect the CPU fan?
On the motherboard it’s a 6 pins connector, but on the fan side it’s 4 pins..?

I'm looking at a 32 GB Ram, 1 TB SSD And a 2 TB Hard Drive Xeon E3-1275 V2 3.50 GHz though it's 2014 with turbo 3.90 ghz. And a nVIDIA GTX 970 graphics card.. Will it still be in 2023' for games like Hogwarts legacy and Jedi survivor? Need advice!

Great build but... im not a fan of telling people to use older GPU's though great they may be. 1080/ti are often in these but its both quite old and way power hungry in comparison to its performance.

I put a RX 6600 in my HP Z420, (reserve gaming rig) replacing a very functional gtx 1650.
Strong, modern and just 132W TDP!

Its my first ATI card in 12 years and i couldnt recommend it more!

Hey there, I have the 1650v4 CPU in the HP Z640 WS case, I want to know if I can fit the motherboard (looks same as you showed {Hewlett-Packard 212A in HiWi}) in other cases and how do I know if they fit?

Now that is one nice looking gaming pc ! Love the lit fans in the case ..and the 440 board i enjoy mine .

ive got a x99 mobo 2650 v4 and rx 580 8gb 2048sp, 32gb ddr4 , 520w psu ,great system able to play new games easy .and soooo cheap.

What controller did you use for the ARGB?

YOu can now get an HP Z4 G4 for like 150 bucks and the w-2145 is like 100. You have a bad ass computer right there with only 250 invested. There isn't even a question.

awesome videos Chris! appreciate them. Very impressive you got it down to about $400.00 Bro as soon as you find a Xeon build with NVe m.2 s capability, please upload. huge fan on these budget friendly gaming builds!!!!!

Were you able to get the entire pin layout for that 26 pin connector or just the pins for power? I can't find a schematic ANYWHERE!!! It's absolutely ridiculous. 😂

Good jop iam trying to choose anew cpu to my Z440 for games iam between 2 choice 2680v4 or 1650v4 what u think is better in games with 1060ti 3gb

Xeon is cheap but it is cheap because Xeons are in 90% of cases used so why not to buy used Ryzen or i5 CPUs ? With them you will not have typical for Xeon CPUs troubles like RAM issue , motherboards that does not support some GPU models and low clock speed. Xeon is mainly for hobbyists and not for casual users.

Can I use a 1080TI instead?

Where do i get the rgb kit for the ram?

Which bios version do you need to use a V4 xeon?

Hi! I'm wondering what can you guys say about this $300ish pc build:

Complete Set Gaming PC

- CPU: Intel Xeon 6-cores 12-threads @3.8ghz
- RAM: 16GB RAM Samsung/Hynix
- MOBO: MSI X58 6 SLOT RAM
- SSD: 250gb SSD
- HDD: 500gb HDD (Storage)
- VIDEO CARD: AMD RX 580 8GB GDDR5
- PSU: 700watts 80plus bronze power supply
- CASE: ATX CASE with 7x120mm RGB fans
- CPU COOLER: Evesky 120mm water cooling w/ 1700 rpm fan RGB

Freebies:
- 22 inch monitor 1080p
- Arsenal Keyboard 60% mechanical
- Extended mouse pad
- Logitech G102 mouse

With 400 i can make it with a ryzen 3600 or 5500

Currently running with the following build:
CPU=E5-2696V3 (18core/36thread,with turbo unlock, price $51);
GPU=GTX1080Ti (with undervolt, price $350 at the time);
4x8GB DDR4 (3000Mhz) in 4 channel (price $45);
Motherboard=HuananZhi X99TF ($50...two for $100 given full refund on first due to AliEx failed delivery...motherboard surprisingly arrived at door 3 months after dispute resolution);
CPU air cooler=PCCooler GI-D66A ($70);
ADATA 1TB XPG Spectrix S20G RGB ($120);
PSU=Corsair TX650M ($90);
Vertical testbench in lieu of case ($70).
Total build=$846.
Between the GPU, case, PSU, cooler...reduced specs would take the price below $550.
CB R15 CPU score=2460 pts
CB R20 CPU score=5489 pts
CB R23 CPU multi-score =13,711 pts

I was only able to get 3.8 GHz, on all 6cores. Where you able to see 4ghz?

I got my computer also for 400$ :
Cpu: E5 2670 v3
Ram: 64 Gb
Psu: some 500w
Storage: 1tb m.2 nvme
Gpu: rtx 460
I got that gpu so that I can upgrade it later but overall the computer it's very good

Aside from gaming the broadwell Xeons are an even better value for multithreaded workloads. You can build a whole 40 core/80 thread rendering server with 128GB of ram for $650 that will score 30,000 on Cinebench while running silent at full workload and you can even bring down the price to $500 if you go for slightly lower specs.

Tysm Im gonna build my first pc!

you should do a vid on the best used 8 core xeon you can get